Iranian journalist barred by AFC has Women’s Asian Cup accreditation reinstated

Alireza Mohebbi was stripped of tournament credentials on Monday Reporter accused of carrying prohibited flags into stadium The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has reinstated the accreditation of a veteran Iranian-Australian journalist three days after it had been removed while he was covering Iran’s national team at the Women’s Asian Cup. Alireza Mohebbi, a journalist with London-based Iran International whose question about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei was shut down at a press conf...

By Samantha Lewis on the Gold Coast